The Etceterist | 02/23/2009 9:25 am
Billy Norwich’s Academy Awards Worst Dressed: Sophia, Goldie, Reese, Jessica
Bows, pleated tiers and ruffles? Why?
Photo Essay
There’s a photograph they should show at Hollywood press agent and stylist seminars.
Meryl Streep, in a chic, simple, unfussy smokey gray chiffon Alberta Ferretti gown is sophisticated, elegant, sublime. Compared to her, Sophia Loren, a fabulous looking woman now filming the musical “Nine” in Europe, looks like a gaudy lampshade in her organza Armani Prive dress. Pleated tiers and ruffles? Why?
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Give it up Billy, for Sophia! You have been too long on the job!
Sophia doesn’t belong to the world of american matrons. That dress was beautiful! Call her an old lamp if you want, but she was young looking and shining!
Until people travel and experience styles in different nations, they simply cannot understand culture.
This topic is fraught with problems, period. This was an award event but is never produced as such - that is not viewers faults, nor most of those used on the stage. Were it truly an award event, and treated as such, all the extras trapsing about would not be needed, nor be criticized, I guess. But, why would we bother to criitize others dress in such times as we are in right now? It addresses the core of our greatest national problem, indeed.
Enjoy life within oneself, first. Let others live and dress, at least, if they have attained any status in life, or their own goals, dress is not their primary concern, nor should it be.
Those of live to comment and critize must be truly desperate, indeed internally distraught individuals. Try going for a daily swim, and sip tea twice a day.
I can’t believe I’m going to agree with the so-called fashion experts, but Sophia’s gown was a nightmare! The woman is just stunning - for any age! All those puffy ruffles just detracted from her classic elegance. A simpler gown - where she and her fabulous looks were the focus - would have been so much better. And Shirley MacLaine - while I’ve always loved her and her independent spirit - could have stepped it up just a bit. I thought Eva Marie Saint looked wonderful - and Meryl Streep - can you get more classic than that? I think that was one of my favorite parts of the show - all those wonderful stars - from the days when the word really meant something - quite a moment.
I love Sophia, no doubt about it, she usually looks stunning, this dress for me looked like something she wore 30 years ago, same for the necklace.
Meryl looked fabulous but she is not in her 70’s either.